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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Cook a Sweet Potato Day'.
[The Hankster says] They are good for you and can be fixed many ways. My favorite is to bake one, split it and put on butter and pour on mapel syrup.
Tomorrow is the '87th Academy Awards'.
[The Hankster says] I find that I agree more with the People's Choice Awards.
Tomorrow will be the 'Daytona 500'.
You can have your own small race tomorrow. It will be 'Walking the Dog Day'.
[The Hankster says] As I go on my walks. I see more situations where the dog is walking the human.
Tomorrow is 'World Thinking Day'. Girl Scouts and Girl Guides fund raiser and badge. A time for girls of many organizations to think of one another in their varying lives and situations.
Take time tomorrow to observe 'Be Humble Day'.
[The Hankster says] Query: If you must make time to be humble, are you? I think I will just try to be a little less obnoxious.
Another scout related day tomorrow. It will be 'Founders’ Day'. Birthday of Robert Baden-Powell, born in 1857, and is considered to be the founder of Scouting.
We have another birthday boy tomorrow. It will be 'George Washington’s Birthday'.
[The Hankster says] I'm glad we have already had Cherry Pie Day, before Georgie and his little hatchet got to work.
An awareness day tomorrow. In South Africa it will be 'National Healthy Lifestyles Day'.
A second awareness day in the U.S. will be 'National Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
First day of an awareness week 22-27.
Thomas Merton once said 'We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us.'
[The Hankster says] That is why we spend so much time in the past, on this post. Let us see what will be made known to us, as we look at February 22 in the past.
In 1879, Frank Woolworth opens the first Woolworth store in Utica, New York - the company would become Foot Locker in 2001.
In 1912, J. Vedrines makes the first airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph.
In 1989 - At the 31st Grammy Awards, Don't Worry Be Happy, wins Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (Bobby McFerrin).
In 1991, George H. W. Bush and US Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal. This was the beginning of the final assault on Iraq, and near the ending of Operation Desert Storm (6 days later).
In 1997, In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
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Food Holiday:
Berry Fresh Month
Canned Food Month
Celebration of Chocolate Month
Great American Pie Month
National Cherry Month
National Grapefruit Month
National Fiber Focus Month
National Fondue Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
National Snack Food Month
Potato Lover’s Month
Sweet Potato Month
Other:
American Heart Month
An Affair to Remember Month
Black History Month
Creative Romance Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
National Heart Healthy Month
National Weddings Month
February is:
February origin (from Wikipedia):
'The Roman month Februarius was named after the Latin term
februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual
Februa held on February 15 (full moon) in the old lunar Roman
calendar. January and February were the last two months to
be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally
considered winter a monthless period. They were added by
Numa Pompilius about 713 BC. February remained the last month
of the calendar year until the time of the decemvirs (c. 450 BC),
when it became the second month. At certain intervals February
was truncated to 23 or 24 days, and a 27-day intercalary month,
Intercalaris, was inserted immediately after February to realign
the year with the seasons.
Under the reforms that instituted the Julian calendar, Intercalaris
was abolished, leap years occurred regularly every fourth year,
and in leap years February gained a 29th day. Thereafter, it
remained the second month of the calendar year, meaning the
order that months are displayed (January, February, March,
..., December) within a year-at-a-glance calendar. Even during
the Middle Ages, when the numbered Anno Domini year began
on March 25 or December 25, the second month was February
whenever all twelve months were displayed in order. The
Gregorian calendar reforms made slight changes to the system
for determining which years were leap years and thus contained
a 29-day February.'
February is the second month of the year in the Julian and
Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month
with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years
or 29 days in leap years.
February is the third month of meteorological winter in the
Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, February
is the third month of summer (the seasonal equivalent of August
in the Northern Hemisphere, in meteorological reckoning).
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